Component Certification

Overview

Choosing UL as your global component certifier shows a company's commitment to the highest levels of safety and quality. UL's component certification program drives supply chain and product integrity through rigorous examinations and follow-up surveillance. The program covers a wide range of component types, ranging from plastics and printed wiring boards to complex high-tech subassemblies and industrial controls.

Using UL-certified components during production helps reduce costs and time to market. If the components have already been found to be in compliance with the applicable component requirements, costly redesign issues that may be identified during the certification process relating to components can be minimized. Certification also adds a valuable product differentiator; manufacturers know that UL’s component certification program drives supply chain and product integrity through rigorous examinations and follow-up surveillance.

Definition

The component certification program determines that samples of components fully comply with UL's requirements at the time that the samples were produced.

Benefits

UL's component certification creates additional value for component suppliers by providing them with an objective means of demonstrating that their components comply with applicable requirements. They also enjoy increased visibility though UL's Online Certifications Directory.

End-product manufacturers may eliminate redundant testing and surveillance for the commercially available components used in their products. UL's component certification programs also add confidence to supply chain integrity by having the component testing and surveillance conducted where the components are manufactured.

Using UL certified components during production helps reduce costs and time to market. Because the components have already been found to be in compliance with the applicable component requirements, costly redesign issues that may be identified during the certification process relating to components can be minimized.

End-product manufacturers may eliminate redundant testing and surveillance for the commercially available components used in their products. UL’s component certification programs also add confidence to supply chain integrity by conducting surveillance at the source, where the components are manufactured.

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